Lock.



No. 800,140. PATBN'TED sBPT.26,1905.'

o. E. DUGGAN.

LOCK.

APPLIUATION, FILED 00T. 19,1904.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application led October 19, 1904. Serial No. 229,114.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. DUGGAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

lThis invention relates to a combined fastening and umbrella-holder for suit-cases, trunks, and similarly-constructed receptacles, having two hinge-connected parts to which this fastening may be secured to lock the same together; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive fastening having means combined therewith for engaging'and holding an umbrella or similar article and also to provide the same with locking means and with certain other new and useful features, all as hereinafter more fullyy described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying the invention with the top of the casing lbroken awa'y to show the construction; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of a deviceembodying a modified construction, and Fig. 4 a side elevation of the same.

As shown in thev drawings, 1 is the baseplate, adapted to be secured to the body of the suit-case or other receptacle, with its forward end coinciding with the edge of the body engaged by the cover, to which cover the catchplate 2 is secured, and on the base-plate is a casing 3, extending to the forward end of 'saidy wardly-projecting lug 7 on the catchplate.

A loop 8, similar in form to the hasp `5 and havinga cross-bar 9, similar to the cross-bar 6, is rpivoted to the casing by the engagement of `said bar with openings in the sides of the casing at a short distance from the openings for the bar 6, and at its free end said loop is L brell'a or any similar article.

The hasp and holding-linger are normally held in the position shown in the drawings, i

the hasp in engagement with its catch-plate and the inger with its base-plate by springs 11, one adjacent to each side wall of the casing within the'same and engaging the top of the casing at their ends. Each of the crossbars 6 and 9 is provided witha lug12, extending from said bar in the plane of the side bars of the loops, and the springs normally engage the upper side of said lugs, thus exerting a force thereon to hold the hasp and holdingfinger in theirnormal positions, the lugs on each bar extending only part way across the casing, so that but one spring is engaged by it, and thus the hasp is held'by its springindependently of the finger.

To lock the hasp and holding-nger in their normal positions, so that the case cannot be opened or the finger lifted to release the article held thereby, a stud 13 is pivotally secured to the base-plate 1 within the casing between `-the cross-bars, and extending upward between the springs to near the top ofthe casing is provided with arms 14, extending laterally from opposite sides thereof, so `that when said stud is turned by a key inserted through an opening 15in the top of the casing and engaged' with thesquared end 16 of the stud said arrnsiwill bel extended over the crossba'rs so closeto thel upper sides of the lugs thereon that thev hasp and holding-finger are prevented from being raised by the engagement of the lugs .with said arms. .The hasp and holding-finger are released by turning the stud until its arms 'extend parallel with the cross-bars and between the same, thus permitting the lugsto turn to a vertical position against the action of the springs thereon.

The construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is much cheaper to manufacture than that shown in Figs` 1 and 2, as it is formed of'sheet metal and is very simple. The base-plate 17 roo is formed from a sheet of metal with side'po'rtions 18 forming the lside walls of a casing, bent up to form bearings for the hasp; 19, which is also formed from a sheet'o'f-inetal with downwardly-turned ears at its sides, by means of which it is pivoted to the said walls 18 and with an opening'2l to receive the lug on the catch-plate 2. A downwardlyturned portion on the pivoted end of the hasp adjacent to one of the walls 18 forms a lug 22 to engage the middle of an upwardly-curved spring 23, the ends of which engage the baseplate, and as the said lug is located at one side of the pivot of the hasp and the body of the hasp at the other side the spring will normally exert a force to hold the hasp in eng'agement with its catch. A curved holdingy finger 24, also formed of sheet metal, is similarly pivoted to the walls 18 by being provided with ears 2O and is also provided with a downwardly-turned lug 22, adjacent to the other wall 18, to engage a spring 23, which acts thereon to normally hold the linger in contact with the base-plate.

The advantages of having simple and ellieient means whereby an umbrella or similar article may be readily fastened to the suitcase are obvious, as is also the advantage of having the same combined with a fastening for the ears in a simple and eliicient manner and forming a part rof said fastening, so that it will not look cumbersome or be in the Way. By providing means for locking the hasp the ordinary center lock on a Suit-case may be dispensed with and at the same time the holding-linger is locked to prevent the umbrella from being stolen or accidentally lost.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isl. The combination with a metal fastening for a suit-case or similar receptacle consisting of parts adapted to be permanently secured to the receptacle and to engage each other to hold the receptacle closed, of means attached to and forming a part of said fastening for engaging and holding an umbrella or other article.

2. The combination of means pivotally attached to a suit-ease or similar receptacle for engaging and holding an umbrella or other article, and means for normally holding said means turned into engagement with the article to secure the same to the receptacle.

3. The combination with a fastening for a suit-case or similar receptacle adapted to be Y permanently secured thereto to hold the same closed, of means pivotally attached to the fastening and adapted to be turned thereon to engage and hold an umbrella or similar article.

4. .The combination with a fastening for suit-cases, 85e., of aholding-linger pivotally attached to said fastening andy means for normally holding said finger in engagement with an umbrella or similar article.

The combination with a fastening having a base-plate of a holding-linger pivotally attached at one end to said plate and a spring to force said linger into engagement with an article to hold the same.

6. The combination of a fastening for a snitcase or similar receptacle adapted to be permanently secured thereto to hold theI saine closed, means carried by said fastening for engaging and holding an umbrella or other article, and a key-operated lock to lock said fastening and said means to prevent the opening of the receptacle and thc removal of the article from the holding means.

7. The combination with a hasp-fastening for suit-cases and similar receptacles, of a linger pivotally attached to said fastening at one end, and a spring engaging the hasp of the fastening and said linger to normally hold both in their operative positions.

8. The combination with a base-plate and a catch-plate having a lug, of a hasp pivotally attached to the base-plate at one end and adapted to engage the lug on the catch-plate, a holding-linger pivotally attached to the base-plate at one end and upwardly curved at its opposite end to receive an article beneath the same and springs engaging said hasp and finger to normally hold the same in engagement with the catch-plate and base-plate, respectively.

A9. The combination with a base-plate having upwardly-extending walls and a catchplate 'provided with an upwardly-extending lug, of a hasp pivoted upon said walls at one end and adapted to engage the lug on the catch-plate, a holding-linger pivoted at one end on said walls and upwardly curved at its opposite end to hold an article between it and the base-plate, lugs extending' from the pivoted ends of said hasp and linger, andsprings exerting a force upon said lugs to hohl the hasp engaged with its catch-plate and thelinger down upon the base-plate.

l0. rlhe combination of a casing having openings in its side walls, a catch-plate having an upwardly-extending lug, a hasp having a cross-bar at one end extending through the openings in the casing, a holding-linger having a cross-bar at one end extending through the openings in the casing and upwardly curved near its opposite end, a lug on each cross-bar within the easing adjacent to one wall of the casing, and a spring adjacent to each wall and each engaging the lug at its side of the casing.

ll. The combination of a easing having openings in its side walls and a key-opening in its top, a catch-plate having a lug, a loopshaped hasp having its cross-bar at one end journaled in the openings in the sides of the casing, a holding-linger formed with a loopat one end having a cross-bar jonrnaled in the openings in the sides of the casing at a distance from the other cross-bar, a lug on each IOO IOS

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cross-bar lying in the plane of the sides of In testimony whereofax rny signaturein the loops, a spring to engage each lug, a verpresence of two Witnesses.

tically-extendng stud between the cross-bars y y adapted to be turned by a key, and arms on (JHARLES E' DUGGA-N said stud to extend over the cross-bars when Witnesses: the stud is turned by the key to `look the hasp OTTO F. BARTHEL,

and holding-nger. LEWIS E. FLANDERS. 

